Project Description

This project deals with the german debate on goals and programs of pre-school and kindergarten in the reform-oriented 60s and 70s using discourse analyses approaches. The aim is a theoretically grounded representation of the changing ideas of childhood and early-childhood education in this time-period which can also contribute to the analysis of the structure of current debates. It also adresses the question of which positions and demands of the discourse affected and changed the preschool institutions. This project then connects with the general question of to what extent educational discourses can influence or change institutions in the frame of reform efforts.

This project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).